trh@ukc.UUCP (11/18/83)
>From recent comments on various news groups it appears (like it or not)
that there are an increasing number of UNIX sites interested in
running Fortran software.
Could I suggest a news group specifically for SERIOUS Fortran users?
This group would encompass not only the reporting of bugs (& fixes)
for the present f77 compiler ( and its possible successors ?) but
also the availability of software tools for Fortran 77 and news of
UNIX f77 implementations of publically available Fortran software.
Tim Hopkins
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7NF
U.K.
{ ... !vax135!ukc!trh }west@sdcsla.UUCP (11/22/83)
<<<void>>> I agree with Tim Hopkins' suggestion for a "net.lang.f77" newsgroup. I think the need is there, and will grow. By the way, if you've not noticed, Fortran-77 is a huge improvement on Fortran-IV. -- Larry West UC San Diego possible net addresses: -- ARPA: west@NPRDC -- UUCP: ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west -- or ucbvax:sdcsvax:sdcsla:west
woods@hao.UUCP (11/23/83)
Unfortunately, we can't call it net.lang.for*, since this is too similar
to the already existing net.lang.forth . I am in favor of keeping up with where
FORTRAN is moving to, and calling it net.lang.f77 . I suspect most of the
discussion there would be about f77 anyhow. However, I do *not* want to
restrict discussion to f77. Anyone have any serious objection to calling
it net.lang.f77? If not, we will create the group over the weekend, if
Mark Horton doesn't beat us to it. Comments?
Greg "FORTRAN hacker" Woods
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